The only girl I ever cared about
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1. There's a town not far from here, lived a maiden sweet and fair
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and a
lad that loved her better than his life.
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He was pleading every way just
to have her name the day
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that
he might claim her for his little wife,
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2. When on the streets they meet a question he'd repeat,
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she
would laugh and turn her little face away.
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Till he saw with grief and
pain that his pleadings were in vain,
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in a
jealous rage she softly heard him say :
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You are the only girl I ever cared about,
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you are the one I love and cannot
live without.
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Won't you brighten up my life ? Come and be my
little wife !
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You are the only girl I ever cared about.
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3. She never seen his face no more till one day he passed her door,
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another
girl was walking by his side.
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They seemed so bright and gay
as they strolled along the way,
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in a
jealous rage she turned away and cried :
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4. He has gone beyond recall, and I love him after all
!
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When she met the couple on the
street next day,
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he
called on her to wait, introduced his cousin, Kate,
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now
she's happy 'cause she softly heard him say :
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You are the only girl I ever cared about,
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you are the one I love and cannot
live without.
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Won't you brighten up my life ? Come and be my
little wife !
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You are the only girl I ever cared about.
(orig. = capo 3rd) (The Carter
Family)